Nutrition Fundamentals

Catalog description

Course that qualifies the professional nursing student to evaluate the role of nutrition in the vital processes of life that are inherent to the biological function, such as neoplastic degeneration and aging. It will qualify the student to make a d iagnosis of the patient’s nutritional state with the purpose of identifying situations or nutritional alterations that affect health and require professional's intervention. The nursing process is used to estimate, diagnose, plan, intervene and evaluate th e nutritional quality care of client, family and community.